MANILA — Students, faculty, officials and alumni across the UP system slammed the Department of National Defense's said that “his basis is loose and without merit.”
On Friday, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana notified UP President Danilo Concepcion through a letter that the DND was terminating the 1989 agreement.“Paragraph 8 does not explicitly nor impliedly allow the unilateral termination of the agreement on the assumption that it is contrary to existing laws -- laws that the Secretary himself failed to provide or make reference to.
Meanwhile, UP Diliman’s College of Social Science and Philosophy said the ‘agreement’ is a testament of the state’s recognition of academic freedom. “During this time when many social, political and economic issues press upon the people, it is even more important that the University speaks out to clarify issues from the academic perspective to help the nation. The Agreement respected the unique role of the University and its officials in molding and nurturing the minds of the youth in a protected academic environment and did not prohibit the authorities from enforcing the law,” it said.
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